Catching up on showing you my finds

Zero-ing in on a few more recent finds.

The sweetest old baby feeding dish from England....check out that golliwog riding the wooden horse! Too cute!

Lots of glass and china, cheap, cheap, cheap!!

A vintage gameboard, snakes and ladders type with neat graphics!

Old cookbooks (I love looking through them) and old music book

A beautiful amethyst glass footed bowl.

Saved from the garbage, looks like this came from an order for a watch. Love the old handwriting!

I don't think I showed you this batch of buttons

This gorgeous iridescent art glass lampshade was in a box of junk. A very "good" piece, so I did well with the resale on Ebay.

Some of the old silver pieces, sitting on the most delicious pink depression glass platter.

I'm saying goodnight with a beautiful sunrise picture from Tuesday morning. From my deck, it was spectacular!

Goodnight all!

Catching up, last weekend fun!

Did you say it's already Thursday? ...we're almost at the weekend again?
I still haven't filled you in on my last weekend.

No great finds at the garage sales, there weren't many at all, it's getting pretty late in the season.

I had my 9 year old grandaughter Kiera overnight on Saturday and we spent the day together on Sunday.

There she is, at it again! She likes to redress my dressform.....I still haven't fixed her so that she stands more than a few feet tall, but she got lowered by Kiera a while back, it makes it easier for her to dress her!

It's Thursday and she's still dressed as she was left on Sunday.....not exactly how I like her to look, but I'll leave here in missy K's designer look for now.

Sunday afternoon, we picked up my youngest from her apartment near downtown Winnipeg and went to THE FORKS!......I hadn't been there for ages! Old buildings and new, transformed into shops, restaurants, boutiques....lots and lots to do and see there.

It is backed by the Red River........there are docks and a river walk, you can come skating or hiking down the river in the winter. (not for me, thankyou)

We spent a few hours browsing the shops, then stopped at a little place for some delicious fish and chips before one last trip to the candy store, then home!

That is the old railroad station.....the Forks is built up on acres and acres behind it. Downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba......I really should get downtown more often,

I caught this picture after getting home, it's a zoom in of blackbirds in the trees out the back.

Next post will show you more garage sale treasures from a couple of weeks ago!

Down on the farm, my recent trip

We had to take a trip to Saskatchewan last week, an old auntie (93) who lives on her own and has no closeby relatives needed some help after having a mild heart attack.
We took her home from the hospital after a few days, and stayed to make sure she was alright. She lives in a small town, and 20 miles away we visited some other relatives out on the farm.
We love going there, I always take alot of pictures, more of the animals than people I'm afraid! I won't bore you with them, just give you a small taste of where we were.

I made a friend......this little calf wandered around freely during the day, coming right up to the house. His mama couldn't feed him so he was kept separated and "pail" fed. He wasn't shy at all!...(the rest of the cattle are roming over acres and acres of land adjoining the farm property)

Across the road from where we stay, our hosts had purchased this property, complete with the buildings, as more farmland for planting their grain crops. The old house and buildings were left standing, and have sadly fallen into decay. It's fun to roam around there and try to imagine what it was like when the original owners lived there and farmed and brought up their children.

Year by year the buildings tumble a little bit more.

We have wondered around inside this old farmhouse, a number of years ago. It is getting to dangerous to go walking through it now.....rotten floors, etc. What a shame......

That is a huge old barn,  I can't imagine how old it is!

Another old outbuilding

I zoomed in on this bald eagle...I've never seen one in real life before!

The weather was beautiful throughout our trip, wildflowers still blooming!

Going back across the road, where the cousins live way over behind that clump of trees.

Caught some great sunset pictures out the back of the farm

In another direction the  new moon was just rising.

I had to put this one in too........another abandoned little house caught when we stopped at the side of the highway on our way.
I wish I had had more time to drive around the farming area and take more pictures, there are so many abandoned old houses and barns. Maybe next year.
Next post I will be some of my garage sale treasures. Those last 2 sales I went to (see previous posts) were just too fabulous!

A couple of Vintage linens from Saturday's Garage Sales

I need a break from taking pictures, listing on Ebay, and the 3 loads of wash I just did.

Sooo....here is a quick post. I did get some nice linens on the weekend and just trying to list a few on Ebay and picked a couple of things I didn't have to wash and iron.

These are adoreable!! The little doilies/coasters!

The pillowcases are lovely too, but I've had this type before, but never the little pieces and in such gorgeous colors.....FALL COLORS!

CLICK TO ENLARGE so you can see the teensy stitches. Yes, they're handmade, from China, I love 'em!

Gorgeous pillowcases, never used, and although I've had this type before, I've never had them in the blues.....usually they're in a mix of pretty pastels.

I did get some beautiful, yummy, real old and lacey linens too. I'll show you when I can, as well as some other great finds from the weekend.

Now for a bit of nature! I'm amazed at how fast the leaves are turning and dropping all of a sudden! This was taken on the 24th, 3 days ago, early evening and the full moon was rising. Note the GREEN leaves.

This was an attempt the following evening to take a picture of the moon in the dark.......I zoomed too, so the whole thing is pretty grainy, (I really want to learn how!) but I wish you could have been here.

That evening and the last few, at approximately the same time, the geese have been going crazy!

They have been "marshalling"....getting ready for their trip south. Around 8-8:30 p.m. They seem to be in the fields all squaking (sp?) at once, and some flying overhead, maybe going back to where they've been nesting! What a racket......!! I tried to video and get the sound...I did  work, not great, but I caught the noise!

OK.......so this was this morning.........3 days after the first picture, and the sun had just come up...Notice the BARE branches?

This afternoon, now you can really see the change in color in the last few days as well as BARE branches.

And the other pictures don't show just how YELLOW my ash trees have got. They are GREEN 3 days ago.

I fear in another few days I will be looking at naked trees and that means cold weather ahead....Ugh!

Back to work! I have so much to do with the big antique sale starting Wednesday and we might be going away for a few days next week.

I'll be back as soon as I can with more treasures to show you!

Those cheeky bunnies, yard and garden update

Just a little update on what's going on around the back yard. I hope to take a picture each week of my big flower bed, so you can see the progress. We have such a short summer season and it's amazing really how quickly the plants and flowers grow!

The little chair I was hunting for and found last week, is now placed in the flowerbed, along with the old kiddies; wheelbarrow and a few other favorites.

I went back to the greenhouse and bought MORE flowers to transplant, the bunnies ate all the petunias and pansies that were in the flowerbed! I will miss those favorites this year, and hopefully the marigolds, dianthus, portulaca and zinnias I picked up and planted will give me the splashes of color that I want.

Look carefully at the above picture......you can click to enlarge.....just above left of the wheelbarrow....

caught in the act!!!!!! bent over who knows what floral delicacy!

......little bugger!.......I had just chased him away  5 minutes before and he headed for the bush!

Now he's following the sign.......to the GARDEN......

Check and see if the coast is clear.......

..........he's just waiting to get at what's left of that lettuce.......cheeky bunny!...and there was another one in the garden at that point too that scurried off when I was approaching!

We've had so much rain, the mosquitoes are getting really b-a-d......! I wish the rabbits would change their diet and eat the mosquitoes!

Great old cabinet and update on the robins' nests

This old storage cabinet is in the garage, each drawer filled with various hand tools....wrenches, screwdrivers, sockets, all that "guy stuff".....

I could sure use it for storing MY stuff!

I don't even know where it came from........

It's at least 6 feet tall and has scads of drawers! 26 in all, and some missing in the bottom

old wood knobs, some have been replaced .....I would love to have it but he just won't give it up!

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Remember my post on the multiple robins' nests built under my deck?

6 RoBiN'S NESTS IN A ROW!!! Under my deck!
Well,, they are still vacant!

Those robins are still around though......I can hear them constantly.......I hear them singing all day long!

I took this picture last week, today it is RAINING AGAIN!

I have lots to do though, so I'll keep busy inside. Tomorrow? GARAGE SALES......YIPPEE!

Wish me luck and have a great weekend!